BOY MAYOR MAY LOSE IF HE WINS CAMPAIGN

AP

Published: August 10, 1985

CRABB, Tex., Aug. 9—
The 12-year-old Mayor of this farming community in southeastern Texas will be forced to leave office if voters on Saturday help him keep a campaign promise to officially put Crabb on the map.

When Brian Zimmerman, then 11, won an unofficial election with 23 of 30 votes in September 1983, he vowed to work to incorporate the community to prevent annexation by neighboring cities, especially Houston.

But if voters in Crabb, which has a population of about 200 people, agree to incorporate Saturday, the Zimmerman boy will be out of office because the Texas election code requires mayors to be at least 18 years of age.

The incorporation battle has been hard-fought, with some residents opposed because they fear higher taxes. But young Zimmerman insists that residents will pay higher taxes if the town is annexed by a nearby city.

Since he took office, the young Mayor said, he has had ''one road paved.''

''Other than that I've just fought the incorporation battle,'' he said.